The staff at Charles Cole Memorial Hospital provide personalized services designed to meet the needs of every patient. The dedicated health professionals offer the assistance you need while respecting your independence.

The facility accepts Medicare and Medicaid. Charles Cole Memorial Hospital is a licensed care provider with the State of Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services provides a list of registered care providers in Pennsylvania.

Ensure that each resident's 1) entire drug/medication regimen is free from unnecessary drugs; and 2) is managed and monitored to achieve highest level of well-being.

2015-06-17

Some

2015-06-17

Properly hold, secure, and manage each resident's personal money which is deposited with the nursing home.

2015-06-17

Some

2015-06-17

Keep the rate of medication errors (wrong drug, wrong dose, wrong time) to less than 5%.

2014-12-20

Many

2014-12-20

Maintain drug records and properly mark/label drugs and other similar products according to accepted professional standards.

2014-12-20

Some

2014-12-20

Fire Safety Inspections

Nursing home failed to:

Inspection Date

Residents affected

Date fixed

Proper stairway enclosures and vertical shafts.

2014-11-25

Some

2014-11-25

Nursing Home Quality - Long stay residents

Percent of residents who:

This facility

State Average

U.S. Average

Assessed and Appropriately Given the Seasonal Influenza Vaccine

100.00

81.49

80.12

Assessed and Appropriately Given the Pneumococcal Vaccine

66.67

83.75

82.05

Who Lose Too Much Weight

0.00

6.21

6.06

Percent of Low Risk Long Stay Residents Who Lose Control of Their Bowel or Bladder

0.00

32.62

19.55

with a Catheter Inserted and Left in Their Bladder

0.00

2.94

2.58

Percent of High Risk Long Stay Residents With Pressure Ulcers

0.00

4.34

4.23

Who Have Depressive Symptoms

0.00

3.02

5.17

Who Were Physically Restrained

0.00

0.79

0.96

Experiencing One or More Falls with Major Injury

0.00

2.72

2.82

Whose Need for Help with ADLs has Increased

0.00

13.12

12.57

Who Self Report Moderate to Severe Pain

0.00

5.73

5.37

Who Received an Antipsychotic Medication

0.00

15.55

15.99

With a Urinary Tract Infection

0.00

3.94

4.79

Nursing Home Quality - Short stay residents

Percent of residents who:

This facility

State Average

U.S. Average

Who Were Assessed and Appropriately Given the Seasonal Influenza Vaccine

95.47

73.92

62.13

Assessed and Appropriately Given the Pneumococcal Vaccine

87.26

77.93

69.33

Who Self Report Moderate to Severe Pain

30.20

16.28

13.33

With Pressure Ulcers That Are New or Worsened

0.00

0.78

0.69

Who Newly Received an Antipsychotic Medication

0.00

1.87

1.53

Hospital - Assessments

Percent of Patients who reported

This facility

State (PA) Average

U.S. Average

their room and bathroom were Always clean

81 %

73.56 %

73.49 %

their nurses Always communicated well

82 %

80.14 %

79.37 %

their doctors Always communicated well

84 %

80.25 %

81.70 %

they Always received help as soon as they wanted

74 %

67.45 %

68.04 %

their pain was Always well controlled

74 %

70.90 %

70.96 %

staff Always explained about medicines before giving it to them

69 %

63.53 %

64.71 %

the area around their room was Always quiet at night

59 %

55.40 %

61.92 %

Hospital - Timely & Effective Care Quality

This facility

State (PA) Average

U.S. Average

Emergency Department - Average (median) time patients spent in the emergency department, before they were admitted to the hospital as an inpatient (A lower number of minutes is better)

234
minutes

270.12
minutes

274.61
minutes

Emergency Department - Average (median) time patients spent in the emergency department, after the doctor decided to admit them as an inpatient before leaving the emergency department for their inpatient room (A lower number of minutes is better)

Emergency Department - Average time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving from the visit (A lower number of minutes is better)

159
minutes

138.67
minutes

145.01
minutes

Emergency Department - Average time patients spent in the emergency department before they were seen by a healthcare professional (A lower number of minutes is better)

44
minutes

27.81
minutes

28.13
minutes

Emergency Department - Average time patients who came to the emergency department with broken bones had to wait before getting pain medication (A lower number of minutes is better)

66
minutes

57.43
minutes

55.45
minutes

Emergency Department - Percentage of patients who left the emergency department before being seen (Lower percentages are better)

1
%

0.97
%

1.70
%

Heart Attack or Chest Pain - Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who received aspirin within 24 hours of arrival or before transferring from the emergency department (Higher percentages are better)

91
%

97.04
%

96.63
%

Heart Attack or Chest Pain - Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack got an ECG (A lower number of minutes is better)

Surgical Care Improvement Project - Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on the beta blockers during the period just before and after their surgery (Higher percentages are better)

98
%

97.83
%

97.41
%

Surgical Care Improvement Project - Surgery patients who were given an antibiotic at the right time (within one hour before surgery) to help prevent infection (Higher percentages are better)

97
%

98.65
%

98.11
%

Surgical Care Improvement Project - Surgery patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection (Higher percentages are better)

Surgical Care Improvement Project - Surgery patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery (Higher percentages are better)

99
%

98.04
%

97.60
%

Surgical Care Improvement Project - Patients who got treatment at the right time (within 24 hours before or after their surgery) to help prevent blood clots after certain types of surgery (Higher percentages are better)

100
%

99.49
%

99.51
%

Stroke Care - Ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke patients who received treatment to keep blood clots from forming anywhere in the body within 2 days of hospital admission(Higher percentages are better)

Stroke Care - Ischemic stroke patients who received a prescription for medicine known to prevent complications caused by blood clots at discharge (Higher percentages are better)

86
%

99.04
%

98.93
%

Stroke Care - Ischemic stroke patients who received medicine known to prevent complications caused by blood clots within 2 days of hospital admission (Higher percentages are better)

92
%

98.52
%

98.09
%

Stroke Care - Ischemic stroke patients needing medicine to lower bad cholesterol, who were given a prescription for this medicine at discharge (Higher percentages are better)

92
%

95.34
%

95.17
%

Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment - Patients who got treatment to prevent blood clots on the day of or day after hospital admission or surgery (Higher percentages are better)

93
%

93.28
%

91.29
%

Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment - Patients who got treatment to prevent blood clots on the day of or day after being admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) (Higher percentages are better)

97
%

96.68
%

96.04
%

Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment - Patients with blood clots who got the recommended treatment, which includes using two different blood thinner medicines at the same time (Higher percentages are better)

100
%

94.44
%

94.55
%

Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment - Patients with blood clots who were discharged on a blood thinner medicine and received written instructions about that medicine (Higher percentages are better)